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But the solution is already in the rulebook, it's called a Black flag.
That's the difference between good champions and bad ones. How many guys did MC punt off the track? How is MC viewed today?
Reed was not on the same pace in the main. Yes, in the heat, they were. But if we based everything off heat performance, Dungey would be 6th in points and Mookie would be top 5 every week. That's why we have a main event.
The post-heat comments were silly, no doubt, but he's entitled to his opinion just like everyone else, petty or not.
Dungey rides consistent and doesn't look to punt or force the issues with riders. Why is that a bad trait? He punts CR out of the way, people would complain and most likely either a) CR takes a shot or b) Dungey loses large chunk of time for Musquin to close in or c) bends/breaks something on the bike, night over, 17+ point gap now.
Riding to preserve what little points lead he is shouldn't be questioned when you're 2.5 seconds faster on a one line roughed up track.
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BTW, Ryan doesn't owe you jack s**t.
http://www.amasupercross.com/rules/pdf/2017/2017AMASupercrossRulebook.p…
a. Solid Blue Flag:
1. Indicates you are about to be overtaken by faster riders.
2. When conditions allow, move out of the fast line.
3. Hold your line (don’t ride erratically) and do not impede the
faster riders progress.
4. Riders disregarding the blue flag may be black-flagged at
the discretion of Race Director.
Should the AMA levy a penalty? No, because the rulebook doesn't allow for it "after the fact". Race control screwed up. CR should have been black flagged.
Does Reed deserve a penalty? Oh, #%$^ yes. That was straight up a dick move. Had it happened to him, he would have not hesitated to badmouth him, assuming he didn't just punt him on the 2nd turn after he caught him.
I watched the heat race (I usually just watch the main), and I think Chad was just upset that RD passed him for the heat win.
I wouldn't be surprised if next year, we get a Chad Reed rule covering new penalties for lapped riders who don't move over.
From Reeds perspective, Sure it might have been a dick move, but emotions in any sport run high and, if nobody is going to do anything about it then its fair game.
Seriously. AMA needs to presve the integrity of the race above all other matters.
Pit Row
GTFOut of the way you dead set clown. You're getting lapped!
That really could have been a great race to the end if Reed hadn't ruined it. Well handled by Dungey during his post-race interview too. Hopefully off camera he wasn't so nice to Reed....
Ryan fucked up Reed last week then this week in the heat he cracked it at Reed.
Reed saw him coming and went Well Well Well...
Lesson here... Shit happens and who gets shat on last the stink lingers longest!
The brutal reality is, the AMA just set a really bad precedent. How, after that ridiculous display of rules violation by Reed, can they ever enforce any rules with respect to the blue flags and not come off as inconsistent or unbiased? They either have to admit that "they blew it" and say they should have done something and didn't, or they just set a precedent that is very dangerous for future races.
Say Anderson goes down and is back in the pack of a race (he's a training partner with Dungey and they are friends - yet not a team mate). If getting lapped, he could totally run interference and slow down Tomac to help Dungey and it would be totally legit based on letting Reed do what he did. I'm not saying it would be right, but the AMA doing nothing opened this can of worms. Should be interesting to see what comes of it. If they simply deny any wrong doing by Reed, this championship race could get really interesting.
Life lesson as I said. Life's a bitch and "it's only a race"!
I'm a fan of both guys but Tomac is my man. No stopping him so next week it'll be a new story..
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